Perks for taking the Tour

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Just Curious what if any perks you get for taking the tour. My wife and I are dead set on buying into the DVC soon but have not done the tour. just self education. I know at one time they offered FP's or something similar. Do they still do that?

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Just Curious what if any perks you get for taking the tour. My wife and I are dead set on buying into the DVC soon but have not done the tour. just self education. I know at one time they offered FP's or something similar. Do they still do that?

The full tour at Saratoga, or a room tour at CCV or AKL? It can vary, depending on whether you are already a member (in which case you usually get nothing), have taken a tour in the last 6 months or are new to it. Also depends on the day!

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If you have the time it might be useful. We did ours some time ago now, but we didn’t find the salesman to be pushy at all. They will collect you, take you to SSR and then drop you back wherever you want to go.

The room Tours can be good if you particularly want to see a room somewhere (SSR have mock-ups for the latest resort(s). But the resort room tours can be subject to availability; not sure if you can really book it ahead.

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If you're going to be in town so to speak, do the tour! Especially if you can manage it to see the Riviera type of rooms. Though the ones at CCV are super nice to see as well.

I know I did the tour but it may have been after I decided but before my resale went through? I'm honestly not entirely sure when I did that one. That was a long time ago. It's nice to just go see and check things out honestly. I did a quick tour at CCV and loved what I saw.

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We did the SSR tour in November- lasted just over an hour. Free refreshments, they pick you up and drop off and it's very informative- we were very clear with what was available and what we would be buying into afterwards. It was fun to see the rooms also.

We received $25 each ($50 total) and 3 anytime FPs each (except for Slinky Dog, FoP etc).

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If you haven't formally contacted DVC yet, and know someone who owns DVC, check with them. They may be able to get some benefits from "referring" you to DVC to take the tour. Usually the perks are 3 free FPs, and sometimes they up the ante with gift cards, but those aren't a common occurrence.

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Our first and second tours was in WDW and they gave us Fast Passes.
Our third was in Aulani and they gave us $50 Disney gift certificate and a dining certificate with limited menu to their primer restaurant for lunch, worth and extra $25 or so. As we were planning other things that day we took the gift card and just used it at DL on our homeward bound leg of our vacation. WE had to take a actual tour supposedly to gt the gift certificate, but the DVC specialist worked it out to just get us the gift card and a privater tour/meeting. AS we decided to buy into DVC at that point I think it wasn't a very big deal to them. The sales associates have some leeway it seems. Work it for whatever you think yo can milk it for, let them believe your gonna buy since your planning to anyways.